Category: Cookies

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” – Aristotle. I have several weird manias or hang ups and one of them is passionfruit. I don’t get hold of them often enough and when I do, I go crazy. They fascinate me. Unlike most other fruits, they ripen not when they are plump …

“Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane”- Mirza Ghalib I absolutely love bake sales so I knew this was a great theme to jump back onto the Creative Cookie Exchange. You know what else I love. Food that comes with history! So Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army …

“If all we had were roses, would the thorns then be beautiful?” – Kamand Kojouri. OK… So I am just going to say it now. I know you thought it too after seeing the picture. These cookies are ugly as hell! But they taste gooodd… And they are egg free. And whole wheat. And easy to …

“Life is not an exact science. It is an art.”- Samuel Butler. So one fine day , not very long ago, I sat browsing Pinterest and saw a gorgeous picture of some gorgeous checkerboard cookies. And I immediately thought – why haven’t I made these until now . The answer was evident the next day …

“I’m not a snob. Ask anybody. Well, anybody who matters.” – Simon Le Bon. Many have told me that the first impression I give is that of a snob . It doesn’t bother me much because I like to think , the impression does a 360 once you get to know me ! I know – …

“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” – Jack London. I generally don’t consider myself a “technical” baker but I have been away from home and I just realised how dependent I actually am on my baking paraphernalia! I am staying with loved ones and I …

“As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?” ― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes. It’s no secret that I am a coffee lover and since I posted the Masala chai icecream, I was dying to post something with coffee in it . I almost felt like I was cheating …

“What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.” – Katharine Hepburn. I know I am posting one chocolate cookie after another – but the heart wants what the heart wants. And mine seems to scream chocolate all the time. Gluten free cookies is the theme of the Creative Cookie …

“I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.” – Stephenie Meyer, Twilight. Wondering what fork biscuits are or did the picture give it away? I am not entirely sure why these biscuits are called Fork biscuits. Because the pattern is made using a fork ? Thats the simplest explanation. Or because they …